Essentially, yes. Not everyone is able to access or shape the aether within them, but every living being does contain it.
Everyone has a different amount of their own aether to draw from. I am not sure if one's natural aether stores increase with age and training or not as it is not my area of study, but age and training do allow one more refined control and less waste.
With training one may also draw aether from the ambient, elementally aspected aether of the planet itself. This is especially important for those who practice the healing arts, as otherwise they spent their own life force to heal and die well before their years.
Magic is not unique to every person - there are various disciplines of magic and combat that use aether in all differing ways that everyone can learn with dedication. A very quick list of the strictly magic-based disciplines are as follows:
Thaumaturgy/Black Magic. Offensive magic. Uses lightning, ice, and fire aether. Conjury/White Magic. Healing magic. Uses air, earth, and some water aether. Red Magic. A mix of Black and White magic, and physical melee attacks with a rapier. Arcanima. Using geometries to shape one's aether to attack enemies with venoms and unaspected spells. Also can unlock the latent power of gemstones to summon familiars. Scholar. Healing magic based off of arcanima. Can summon a faerie familiar. Summoning. Powerful offensive magic based on arcanima. Can shape latent primal aether to summon powerful familiars. Astromancy. Healing magic. Reads the stars to give foresight in battle.
Aether can also be used in physical combat disciplines, such as a ninja's ninjutsu.
Hydaelyn blessed me with the Echo. It is a blessing that is not uncommon and manifests in different ways for different people. There are a few constants with the abilities it grants: first is that it prevents them from having their mind tempered by a Primal god; secondly, it can grant visions from a person's past though you cannot control where and when this happens, nor what you see; third, those blessed with the Echo are also able to understand and communicate with any sentient being that contains a soul, regardless of language or species.
My Echo manifested in a way that I am able to see what an enemy's attack will be a few seconds before they do it. It also allows me to live through a fight I would otherwise die to in the form of a vision, so that I might avoid such a fate in combat.
One of my friends had it manifest so that she is able to trace aetheric signatures.
My unique gift is the Blessing of the Light. It grants me strength and resilience when I need it most so that I can push far beyond my limits. In return, I use this strength to keep darkness from spreading across the Mothercrystal's world.
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Everyone has a different amount of their own aether to draw from. I am not sure if one's natural aether stores increase with age and training or not as it is not my area of study, but age and training do allow one more refined control and less waste.
With training one may also draw aether from the ambient, elementally aspected aether of the planet itself. This is especially important for those who practice the healing arts, as otherwise they spent their own life force to heal and die well before their years.
Magic is not unique to every person - there are various disciplines of magic and combat that use aether in all differing ways that everyone can learn with dedication. A very quick list of the strictly magic-based disciplines are as follows:
Thaumaturgy/Black Magic. Offensive magic. Uses lightning, ice, and fire aether.
Conjury/White Magic. Healing magic. Uses air, earth, and some water aether.
Red Magic. A mix of Black and White magic, and physical melee attacks with a rapier.
Arcanima. Using geometries to shape one's aether to attack enemies with venoms and unaspected spells. Also can unlock the latent power of gemstones to summon familiars.
Scholar. Healing magic based off of arcanima. Can summon a faerie familiar.
Summoning. Powerful offensive magic based on arcanima. Can shape latent primal aether to summon powerful familiars.
Astromancy. Healing magic. Reads the stars to give foresight in battle.
Aether can also be used in physical combat disciplines, such as a ninja's ninjutsu.
Hydaelyn blessed me with the Echo. It is a blessing that is not uncommon and manifests in different ways for different people. There are a few constants with the abilities it grants: first is that it prevents them from having their mind tempered by a Primal god; secondly, it can grant visions from a person's past though you cannot control where and when this happens, nor what you see; third, those blessed with the Echo are also able to understand and communicate with any sentient being that contains a soul, regardless of language or species.
My Echo manifested in a way that I am able to see what an enemy's attack will be a few seconds before they do it. It also allows me to live through a fight I would otherwise die to in the form of a vision, so that I might avoid such a fate in combat.
One of my friends had it manifest so that she is able to trace aetheric signatures.
My unique gift is the Blessing of the Light. It grants me strength and resilience when I need it most so that I can push far beyond my limits. In return, I use this strength to keep darkness from spreading across the Mothercrystal's world.